NOVO-OGAREVO, September 30. /TASS/. Ukraine’s unfriendly steps in the sphere of aviation make prospects vague for settling issues in the framework of preparations for implementation of the economic part of Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

"All this makes chances vague to agree on those issues that we discussed in our dialogue with the European Commission and Ukraine," Medvedev said adding he means "unfriendly steps that are in fact aimed against Ukrainian citizens."

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